admiral in 1898, and retired from the Navy upon reaching the statutory retirement age of 62 on 25 December 1898. Death Bunce was diagnosed with tongue cancer in May 1901 and underwent surgery in Boston, Massachusetts, to have his tongue removed. In September 1901, he was found to have developed throat cancer. Weakened by the disease, he became bedridden in early October 1901 and died at his home in Hartford, Connecticut, on 19 October 1901. He was interred at Cedar Hill Cemetery. See also References Footnotes Bibliography Evans, Robley D. A Sailors' Log: Recollections of Forty Years of Naval Life. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1901. . Hamersly, Lewis Randolph, The Records of Living Officers of the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps, Sixth Edition, New York: L. R. Hamersly & Co., 1898, pp. 5-6. Rentfrow, James C. Home Squadron: The U.S. Navy on the North Atlantic Station. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 2014. . 1836 births 1901 deaths Burials at Cedar Hill Cemetery (Hartford, Connecticut) Deaths from throat cancer Military personnel from Hartford, Connecticut People of Connecticut in the American Civil War Union Navy officers United States Naval Academy alumni United States Navy rear admirals (upper half)